I find Jo W really smug and sycophantic, she never stops banging on about Elbow......oh and her running habits.
And whilst I have nothing against her, I can't bear Cerys Matthews voice, so lazy, I find her hard to listen to.
I don't know how Jo will dovetail with Simon on Drivetime, can't imagine it.
It's a real shame that they're dropping The Organist Entertains and the brass band programmes, it's important to cater for as many tastes as possible.

Mayo will eventually get Bruce's morning slot ,and solo.But,not for a good few years yet....

You mean Mayo and his sidekicks

lets hope not

No.the word solo was in the post.

NO

Mayo would bring all his sidekicks- he is incapable of doing more than 5 minutes radio on his own

NO!! When did you start listening to Mayo?Last year?? He presented on his own probably for up to thirty years,extremely professionally.Do you think that if all the sidekicks were suddenly taken away he would be unable to operate???

So you at least his acknowledge his sidekicks share the stage- which makes the show bordering on unlistenable at times- very similar to when Bowles hijacks the Ken Bruce show which is always a good time to do something else for a few minutes

I wonder if the’re doing with Jo and Simon what R1 did with Kevin and Zoe.... ie. let the audience get use to Jo in that slot then sometime later let her fly solo whilst Simon goes on to the mid morning/afternoon slot when the next day time jock retires?

I wonder who will open the show? Then it’ll be the one who’s running drivetime. The station will have to be careful doing that. Interesting how the pay factor will pan out as Sara will know not go over the 150k bracket. Will Simon and Jo be on the same money? ( Although in one of the press releases it says they are..)

I wonder who will open the show? Then it’ll be the one who’s running drivetime. The station will have to be careful doing that. Interesting how the pay factor will pan out as Sara will know not go over the 150k bracket. Will Simon and Jo be on the same money? ( Although in one of the press releases it says they are..)

occy it’s easier to read Egyptian hieroglyphs than to decipher your posts. You know they’ll be on the same money, the official press release has said so! You even answer your own question 🙄

I wonder who will open the show? Then it’ll be the one who’s running drivetime. The station will have to be careful doing that. Interesting how the pay factor will pan out as Sara will know not go over the 150k bracket. Will Simon and Jo be on the same money? ( Although in one of the press releases it says they are..)

What a dumb question considering you know the answer

Why would the station have to be "careful" who is running the show ? Surely they are both radio professionals, why would it matter ?

Overnights are back - the slot hasn't been given to a Celeb, but to a bloke who's made his living from Radio for 20+ years. However, this is still a bad thing because he's not the right 'time served radio presenter'

Double headed drive - a dreadful decision according to those who seem to have forgotten Jo Whiley's time on the Evening Session with Steve Lamacq, and the Simon Mayo breakfast show from Radio 1, and the Simon Mayo drivetime show which is currently on Radio 2 because there's no way either of them could do anything other than present solo.

Sarah Cox hasn't been given breakfast - another 'bad thing' according to the Evans haters. I'm still lol-ing at the claim that Chris only gets his audience because of the time of day he's on. If that's the case, how did he attract more listeners than the previous incumbent?

Or to distill this thread even further:

Radio 2 - 15 million listeners, but still can't do right for doing wrong in some peoples eyes.

Overnights are back - the slot hasn't been given to a Celeb, but to a bloke who's made his living from Radio for 20+ years. However, this is still a bad thing because he's not the right 'time served radio presenter'

Double headed drive - a dreadful decision according to those who seem to have forgotten Jo Whiley's time on the Evening Session with Steve Lamacq, and the Simon Mayo breakfast show from Radio 1, and the Simon Mayo drivetime show which is currently on Radio 2 because there's no way either of them could do anything other than present solo.

Sarah Cox hasn't been given breakfast - another 'bad thing' according to the Evans haters. I'm still lol-ing at the claim that Chris only gets his audience because of the time of day he's on. If that's the case, how did he attract more listeners than the previous incumbent?

Or to distill this thread even further:

Radio 2 - 15 million listeners, but still can't do right for doing wrong in some peoples eyes.

if everything was in the "right place at the right time" there would be no need for the DS Radio forum and you're rather cutting comments.
are you perfect??

Overnights are back - the slot hasn't been given to a Celeb, but to a bloke who's made his living from Radio for 20+ years. However, this is still a bad thing because he's not the right 'time served radio presenter'

Double headed drive - a dreadful decision according to those who seem to have forgotten Jo Whiley's time on the Evening Session with Steve Lamacq, and the Simon Mayo breakfast show from Radio 1, and the Simon Mayo drivetime show which is currently on Radio 2 because there's no way either of them could do anything other than present solo.

Sarah Cox hasn't been given breakfast - another 'bad thing' according to the Evans haters. I'm still lol-ing at the claim that Chris only gets his audience because of the time of day he's on. If that's the case, how did he attract more listeners than the previous incumbent?

Or to distill this thread even further:

Radio 2 - 15 million listeners, but still can't do right for doing wrong in some peoples eyes.

if everything was in the "right place at the right time" there would be no need for the DS Radio forum and you're rather cutting comments.
are you perfect??

Not at all, just pointing out that R2 will never be perfect in everybody's eyes, but it's still the most listened to radio station in the UK and probably will be for a long time to come.

There's a bit of hypocrisy floating around about OJ Borg which has annoyed me, and the comments about Simon and Jo not being able to work together as if they've never ever tried co-presenting a show before are just daft. The DS forum isn't just an echo chamber where haters can whinge, although it feels like that sometimes. It's a place for debate - and the ability to debate is something which is sadly fading.

Overnights are back - the slot hasn't been given to a Celeb, but to a bloke who's made his living from Radio for 20+ years. However, this is still a bad thing because he's not the right 'time served radio presenter'

Double headed drive - a dreadful decision according to those who seem to have forgotten Jo Whiley's time on the Evening Session with Steve Lamacq, and the Simon Mayo breakfast show from Radio 1, and the Simon Mayo drivetime show which is currently on Radio 2 because there's no way either of them could do anything other than present solo.

Sarah Cox hasn't been given breakfast - another 'bad thing' according to the Evans haters. I'm still lol-ing at the claim that Chris only gets his audience because of the time of day he's on. If that's the case, how did he attract more listeners than the previous incumbent?

Or to distill this thread even further:

Radio 2 - 15 million listeners, but still can't do right for doing wrong in some peoples eyes.

A presenting duo is totally different to a presenter having sidekicks. A presenting duo usually present the whole show whilst sidekicks tend to chip in from time to time.

I wonder who will open the show? Then it’ll be the one who’s running drivetime. The station will have to be careful doing that. Interesting how the pay factor will pan out as Sara will know not go over the 150k bracket. Will Simon and Jo be on the same money? ( Although in one of the press releases it says they are..)

What a dumb question considering you know the answer

Why would the station have to be "careful" who is running the show ? Surely they are both radio professionals, why would it matter ?

Your giving both presenters who’ve run solo a show together one will be the lead presenter. Time will tell.

I wonder who will open the show? Then it’ll be the one who’s running drivetime. The station will have to be careful doing that. Interesting how the pay factor will pan out as Sara will know not go over the 150k bracket. Will Simon and Jo be on the same money? ( Although in one of the press releases it says they are..)

occy it’s easier to read Egyptian hieroglyphs than to decipher your posts. You know they’ll be on the same money, the official press release has said so! You even answer your own question 🙄

I wonder who will open the show? Then it’ll be the one who’s running drivetime. The station will have to be careful doing that. Interesting how the pay factor will pan out as Sara will know not go over the 150k bracket. Will Simon and Jo be on the same money? ( Although in one of the press releases it says they are..)

What a dumb question considering you know the answer

Why would the station have to be "careful" who is running the show ? Surely they are both radio professionals, why would it matter ?

Your giving both presenters who’ve run solo a show together one will be the lead presenter. Time will tell.

Please read that statement back and explain what it means as it makes no sense whatsoever

I wonder who will open the show? Then it’ll be the one who’s running drivetime. The station will have to be careful doing that. Interesting how the pay factor will pan out as Sara will know not go over the 150k bracket. Will Simon and Jo be on the same money? ( Although in one of the press releases it says they are..)

What a dumb question considering you know the answer

Why would the station have to be "careful" who is running the show ? Surely they are both radio professionals, why would it matter ?

Your giving both presenters who’ve run solo a show together one will be the lead presenter. Time will tell.

Can you please read over your comments before posting! More than any other contributor here you write gibberish that just doesn't make sense!

they are trying to be everything for everyone. Time for 2Extra sack the unnecessary traffic reporters / regionalise most of local radio, extend a few programmes et voila there's a hefty contribution. at least half of 2 extra will be pre recorded or simulcast with R2 anyway. then everyone will be happy.